Category Archives: Faculty

Dr. Dawn Nilsen participated in the Lehman College, CUNY public health minute segment with Dr. Bill Latimer, Dean of the School of Health Sciences, Human Services and Nursing. Dr. Nilsen spoke about the stroke motor review she and Dr. Glen Gillen are working on with AOTA. You can listen to the segment at the link below:

Several OT faculty members were honored at the annual P&S Honors Luncheon today. Lee Goldman gave remarks thanking the faculty for making Columbia a top notch place to be, and medical students played a musical selection.

The faculty honors include:

Sharon Gutman, PhD, OTR for her promotion to Professor of Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy) and as a grantee of the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators.

Janet Falk-Kessler, EdD, OTR as a grantee of the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators.

Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR as an Apgar Scholar of the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators and for delivering the keynote address at the 2017 Vermont Occupational Therapy Association’s Annual Conference.

Lenin Grajo, Phd, EdM, OTR as a recipient of the Provost’s Grant Program for Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery.

Amanda Sarafian will be attending a workshop as part of the the Research CP initiative to set a patient-centered research agenda for cerebral palsy (CP).

Dr. Emily Raphael-Greenfield and Dr. Sharon Gutman published an article, “Effectiveness of a supportive housing program for homeless adults with mental illness and substance use: A two-group controlled trial” in the British Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Amanda Sarafian and Dr. Lenin Grajo are working with AOTA to do a systematic review of evidence for pediatric OT interventions to determine their effectiveness on learning and academic outcomes.

Dr. Glen Gillen is one of the featured medical experts in Healing the Broken Brain by Dr. Mike Dow and David Dow. The book asks clinicians all of the questions that stroke survivors and their families want to know the answer to.

Phyllis Simon published an article in LGBT Health entitled “Development of an Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model for Older LGBT Adults” about her work with elinc, an Elder LGBT Interprofessional Collaborative Care Program.

Dr. Lenin Grajo co-authored an article in the Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, and Early Interventionentitled “The occupation and participation approach to reading intervention (OPARI): A community of practice study”.

Dr. Emily Raphael-Greenfield and two CUOT alumni published an article, “Adapting to a challenging fieldwork: Understanding the ingredients.” in the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy.